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UCC Library and UCC Researchers Have Made This Item Openly Available UCC Library and UCC researchers have made this item openly available. Please let us know how this has helped you. Thanks! Title Warriors and musicians: notes from the Colonna family archive Author(s) Marshall, Melanie L. Publication date 2011-05 Original citation Marshall, Melanie L. ; (2011) 'Warriors and Musicians: Notes from the Colonna Family Archive'. Early Music, 39 (2):195-201. Type of publication Article (peer-reviewed) Link to publisher's http://em.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/car026? version ijkey=Zc3kCNwRFq8rWpm&keytype=ref http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/em/car026 Access to the full text of the published version may require a subscription. Rights © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. This is a pre‐copy‐editing, author‐produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Early Music following peer review. The definitive publisher‐authenticated version (Melanie L. Marshall, ‘Warriors and Musicians: Notes from the Colonna Family Archive’, Early Music 2011; doi: 10.1093/em/car026) is available online at http://em.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/car026? ijkey=Zc3kCNwRFq8rWpm&keytype=ref. Embargo information Access to the full text of this article is restricted by request of the publisher. Full Text will be available from 1 May 2013. Item downloaded http://hdl.handle.net/10468/771 from Downloaded on 2021-10-04T03:35:03Z Warriors and Musicians: Notes from the Colonna Family Archive* Dr Melanie L. Marshall (University College Cork) This is a pre‐copy‐editing, author‐produced PDF of an article accepted for puBlication in Early Music following peer review. The definitive puBlisher‐authenticated version (Melanie L. Marshall, ‘Warriors and Musicians: Notes from the Colonna Family Archive’, Early Music 2011; doi: 10.1093/em/car026) is availaBle online at http://em.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/car026? ijkey=Zc3kCNwRFq8rWpm&keytype=ref. The seventeenth‐ and eighteenth‐century décor and frescos in the main rooms of Rome’s Galleria Colonna celeBrate the military achievements of the sixteenth‐century Colonna foreBear credited with reviving the family fortunes. In the centre of the Sala della Colonna Bellica, a female personification of Rome stands atop a classically‐inspired column, hand raised toward the heavens—or, perhaps, toward the marvellous ceiling frescos. In one of these, Hercules presents Rome’s hero to the Virgin and gestures toward the seat awaiting him in heaven; the clouds supporting the men squash assorted Turks Below, giving a clue to the man’s identity: Marc’Antonio II Colonna (1535–1584), the leader of the papal forces in the Battle of Lepanto (1571) [illus. 1].1 There are several portraits of Marc’Antonio II to Be found elsewhere in the gallery. One full length portrait depicts him wearing armour; in another, he wears the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece given him in 1559 By Philip II of Spain.2 Yet, as one might expect of the son of Giovanna d’Aragona and the nephew of the poet Vittoria Colonna, Marc’Antonio II was not all aBout the military. He attracted the attention of writers and musicians, particularly those with Spanish connections or from Spanish dominions, several of whom were also (or primarily) military men, keen to dedicate their works to a suitaBly illustrious person. A very Brief foray into * University College Cork granted me a three‐month saBBatical that enaBled me to make a Brief fishing trip to archives in Rome. I thank Dr Noel O’Regan for extending such warm hospitality to me during my stay and sharing with me his expertise and knowledge of Rome’s archives—and for his ‘Rome for musicologists’ tour. I also thank the staff of the LiBrary and Archive of the Monastery of Santa Scolastica, SuBiaco, particularly Don Romano and Elio Mariano, for their extraordinary assistance. 1 Eduard A. Safarik, Palazzo Colonna (Roma, 2009), pp. 139‐41. 2 Both portraits are By Scipione Pulzone: Ritratto di Marcantonio II Colonna (date unknown; Private Apartments, Palazzo Colonna, Rome); Ritratto di Marcantonio II Colonna a figura intera (1584), Galleria Colonna, Palazzo Colonna, Rome. Pulzone Began the full‐length painting just Before Marc’Antonio’s ill‐fated trip to Spain (he was assassinated en route). Other artifacts associated with Marc’Antonio include a map of Meditteranean ports, paintings of the Lepanto Battle, and a diploma in his memory from the Roman senate. See Eduard Safarik, ed., Galleria Colonna in Roma: Dipinti (Rome, 2003), pp. 107‐9, and Safarik, Palazzo Colonna, pp. 30‐4. Dr Melanie L. Marshall (University College Cork), ‘Warriors and Musicians: Notes from the Colonna Family Archive.’ For the definitive version see Early Music 39/2 (2011), availaBle at: http://em.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/car026? ijkey=Zc3kCNwRFq8rWpm&keytype=ref the family archives, now housed in the Monastero di Santa Scolastica at SuBiaco, yielded a little documentation in support of one already‐known link—that of SeBastián Raval—and turned up a new and seemingly unlikely connection in the ‘incontinently peripatetic’ warrior‐courtier‐singer, Giulio Cesare Brancaccio.3 Marc’Antonio II seems to have Been something of a magnet for soldiers turned writers and musicians, some of whom served under him (or claimed to) at Lepanto.4 At least two former soldiers—Miguel de Cervantes and SeBastián Raval—referred to their connection to Marc’Antonio II when seeking patronage from family memBers (and particularly from his son, Cardinal Ascanio Colonna). There is ample evidence to Back up Cervantes’ claim to have fought under Marc’Antonio II’s command at Lepanto, But as yet little information to connect him to the Colonna family in anything more than a superficial way; archival investigations may yield documentation to corroBorate his dedicatory statement.5 Likewise, SeBastián Raval’s claim to patronage in the dedication to his Canzonette (Venice, 1593), although never douBted, has not hitherto Been supported By additional sources of evidence. The Colonna archives contain one autograph letter from Raval (discussed Below); the account Books and payment records may shed further light on Colonna patronage of Raval. At least one warrior musician is likely to have known Marc’Antonio II personally as an equal. Military expert, gentleman and singer, Giulio Cesare Brancaccio certainly had sufficiently high social standing to meet Marc’Antonio II socially. In Naples during the 1550s Brancaccio had attended the salon of Giovanna d’Aragona, Marc’Antonio II’s mother—a significant patron whose 3 Richard Wistreich, Warrior, Courtier, Singer: Giulio Cesare Brancaccio and the Performance of Identity in the Late Renaissance (Aldershot, 2007), p. xi. 4 As Viceroy of Sicily, Marc’Antonio II estaBlished ‘in emBryonic form’ the royal chapel at S. Pietro in Palermo. The church’s finances were inadequate to hire professional musicians, so Marc’Antonio turned to musically aBle soldiers. TiBy lists seven musicians from four different military companies. Ottavio TiBy, ‘La musica nella Real Cappella Palatina di Palermo’, Anuario Musical 7 (1952), pp. 177‐192 at pp. 179‐181. On 26 March 1577, Marc’Antonio II paid for Giovanni Martinez cantore and company and Michele Monetes to go to Sicily to serve as musicians. I‐SUss, Archivio Colonna, I B I, Libro Mastro, 1575‐1579, ff. 94v and 105. This Giovanni Martinez may Be the same as the Giovanni Martines Pellegrino whom TiBy mentions as one of the ‘cantori della musica di Palazzo’ (a tenor) in 1586. 5 Fernando Cervantes, ‘Cervantes in Italy: Christian Humanism and the Visual Impact of Renaissance Rome’, Journal of the History of Ideas lxvi/iii (Jul. 2005), pp. 325‐50, at pp. 325‐6. Page 2 of 13 Dr Melanie L. Marshall (University College Cork), ‘Warriors and Musicians: Notes from the Colonna Family Archive.’ For the definitive version see Early Music 39/2 (2011), availaBle at: http://em.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/car026? ijkey=Zc3kCNwRFq8rWpm&keytype=ref favoured writers found their works Banned By Paul IV as part of Carafa’s campaigns against Italian noBility loyal to Spain and against reformers (Giovanna d’Aragona fell into Both categories).6 Brancaccio suBsequently ended up on the wrong side of Spain: he was linked to anti‐ Spanish factions in Naples, he talked himself out of life imprisonment (also in Naples) for the murder of a Spanish soldier, and in France he was a vocal supporter of Cardinal Carafa’s anti‐ Spanish campaign—the very campaign in which the Pope excommunicated Giovanna d’Aragona’s estranged husBand Ascanio Colonna and their son Marc’Antonio II, and confiscated their lands.7 By the 1570s, Brancaccio sought reconciliation with Spain. On 25 January 1572, Brancaccio addressed one of several joB seeking letters that month to Marc’Antonio II, presumaBly Because, as one of the masterminds Behind the Lepanto victory, Marc’Antonio II was well placed to help Brancaccio achieve two of his goals: a much desired place fighting in the League, and an end to the quarrel with Spain.8 In the event, Brancaccio’s return to the Spanish fold was facilitated By the Medici9 But nonetheless the link Between Brancaccio and Marc’Antonio II Beautifully illustrates the shifting allegiances of early modern Italy, and the pragmatic suBordination of politics to personal need. By the summer of 1573, Brancaccio had visited Naples and joined the fleet of Don Juan of Austria. Judging from two further autograph letters from Brancaccio to Marc’Antonio II, dated 18 January 1574 and 3 OctoBer 1574, Brancaccio appears to have played a role in negotiations Between the two military leaders. The letters confirm Richard Wistreich’s suspicion that Brancaccio was in Rome in 1574 and the January letter implies that he arrived there in late 1573.10 In 1575 and 1576 Brancaccio received a numBer of payments from Marc’Antonio Colonna—for what services is not yet clear, But presumaBly they were military.
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